Your goal now is to work your way up through the various divisions, as you also battle with wealthy local rival, Snakesfield FC (seriously, with a name like that, how else were they going to be?). You’re now the proud owner of the club, manager and hopeful orchestrator of the team’s new found success. Through some very simple, tasteless interactions (fat jokes galore), you soon acquire the club for the lofty price of £1. When you load up the game you’re immediately thrust into the story as Martin your average football fan who stumbles upon the fact that his beloved local team, Balarm FC, are about to go bust.Ī chance encounter with legendary manager, Old Joe (another parody character), provides the set-up for the story mode. One way that Super Arcade Football differentiates itself from other similar games is with its dedicated story mode. The various modifiers that you can apply to matches keep the experience interesting, and the action absolutely frantic.Īdd co-op and online to the mix, as well as a solid soundtrack from Barry Leitch (who has produced for other games, such as Top Gear on the SNES) and what you have is a really fun ‘drop in and out’, arcade experience. Well, how about some thunderstorms? No, too tame? Okay we’ll just throw in some meteor strikes or maybe freeze the pitch in complete ice. Such a simple set-up demands variables to keep things interesting the more you play. I did score a few decent long shots and headers, here and there, but animation variety is unsurprisingly limited. But you’re not going to see a wide array of passes or shots here, like you’d see in Fifa. This simplicity feels well attuned to the Nintendo Switch, as the game generally plays incredibly smoothly.
This invariably leads to high-scoring games, which helps keep the action interesting despite the relatively simple mechanics. The ball has this tendency to glue to the players feet, meaning that intercepting an opponent’s attack, and dribbling to the other end of the pitch can be done in one fluid motion. Matches themselves are short and sweet, with a simple control scheme only demanding the use of two buttons to move, dribble, shoot, pass and perform satisfying crunchy tackles. Instead, the player is provided with a dedicated arcade experience. A proper arcade experience:Īs you might have gathered from its title, Super Arcade Football moves away from the recent trend of more ‘realistic’ football simulation that mainstream hitters have adopted. From the parody team and player names, to the visual design and overseer pitch view, it is clear that this game has been made with a lot of love.įinding a home on the Nintendo Switch, this game has definitely got something to offer for Football (not Soccer) fans.
Clearly inspired by the cult classic ‘Sensible Soccer’ from the early 90s, Super Arcade Football immediately scores on the nostalgia front.ĭeveloped by OutOfTheBit Limited studios, there are many aspects to this game that feel heavily inspired by its popular predecessor.
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